Mod Loader without editing source code (Automatic Self Install Setup)

[KANAjetzt]

Ste - January 3, 2023 11:37 AM
Hey btw, back to the idea of only needing the modloader and not some edits to the source code (like adding it as auto load): godot can override project settings with a override.cfg placed in the same directory as the exe. One problem being that it completely replaces it and can’t just ‘add to it’.. though there might be a way, since you can save the project settings as a custom file (https://discord.com/channels/212250894228652034/342056330523049988/873285063805124678)

I can save these config settings very easily using the following:

var path = ProjectSettings.globalize_path(OS.get_executable_path().get_basename() + "override.cfg")
ProjectSettings.save_custom(path)

That means we could possibly run the project once, make it add itself to the auto loads, create the override and close again

Ste - January 3, 2023 11:51 AM
Adding it as auto load might be a bit annoying though, since it is added as last in the list. So get existing, hold them, remove them, add loader, add them back..
also, save_custom saves all of the settings, which might be bad.. and projects using this mechanic might be affected (though i've never seen a project use that)

[ithinkandicode]

Closed in:

• Self setup #75
• Project binary injection #89

With related work in this PRs:

• remove run.gd, as it's no longer needed #78
• --only-setup cli arg #94
• Assert modloader is first autoload #96
• --setup-create-override-cfg cli arg #99
• Utils for ModLoader autoload position #104
• Check modloader autoload position on setup #105
• ✔ added checks for override.cfg setup #110